Pageant brings holy family to streets of Rockport

Monday

Dec 24, 2007 at 12:01 AM

The Rockport Art Association held its annual Christmas Nativity Pageant on Saturday afternoon. It was the pageant's 62nd anniversary. The pageant brings the story of Jesus’ birth to life in a procession through downtown Rockport. The procession makes its way from Dock Square up Main Street, with torchbearers bringing light to the cold winter evening.

The Rockport Art Association held its annual Christmas Nativity Pageant on Saturday afternoon. It was the pageant's 62nd anniversary.

The pageant brings the story of Jesus’ birth to life in a procession through downtown Rockport. The procession makes its way from Dock Square up Main Street, with torchbearers bringing light to the cold winter evening.

The pageant winds up at the lawn of the Congregational Church, where the Nativity is re-enacted.

While the pageant’s long tradition has many families taking part year after year, the one role that is kept a secret is Mary. Each year a different young woman is chosen, and her identity is not revealed until the start of the pageant. This year, Mary was played by Kayleigh Keating.

It takes more than a hundred people to pull together the pageant. Here is a list of those involved: